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Oral History Interview with Clarence S. Turbeville, June 17, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clarence S. Turbeville, June 17, 1981

Transcript of an interview with Clarence S. ("Turby") Turbeville, one of the founders of Bomber Bait Company in Gainesville, Texas. Turbeville discusses his family background, his employment by his father selling appliances, butane gas systems, and sporting goods in Gainesville in 1934, the sale of the butane business in 1944, experimentation with fish baits, and his partnership with Ike Walker in founding Bomber Bait Company. At the end of the interview, a one-page leaflet is inserted that describes the influence of Turbeville, as well as the history of the Bomber Bait Company and of Bomber baits.
Date: June 17, 1981
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Turbeville, Clarence S.
System: The UNT Digital Library